I'm beginning to think that Jake's hair length is related more to a new part than a play. It way longer than I have ever seen it before except POP. It's becoming more apparent than the beard. Just IMO.

I was just reading box office mojo's editorial if you will about tbe box office for this past weekend. Both Henry Cavill and Brad Cooper had huge bombs this weekend, Bradley's second in a row but the writer simply let's them off the hook as it not being their fault and that they need help in the film material and marketing efforts but I can't recall them ever extending the same courtesy to Jake. It just really ticked me off.

Ah, back to NY and the play. This is really an embarrassment of riches this month.

Another video posted, this time we get a little from Jake on his relationship with Michael. He's reluctant to say they didn't get along. David Ayer has the best line, on once they clicked: "Then they wouldn't shut up, and I missed the days when they didn't get along."

House At the End of the Street : 18.0 (on its opening weekend)Dredd 3D: 10.0Trouble With the Curve: 18.0End of Watch: 8.0

I hope EoW won't gross less money than "Brothers" (OW: $9.5 million, cumulative: $ 28.5 million). The data imply a chart entry at #6 ("Nemo" and "Resident Evil" are expected to do well.) The box office predicition for "Dredd" doesn't look good either. Apparently Jennifer Lawrence is supposed to be a box office draw after her role in "Hunger Games". Eastwood will still attract Republican seniors. LOL

I'm by no means certain that EoW will be more successful than "Brothers".

Another solid review of EoW, this time from Collider (Grade: B-): "David Ayer‘s cop action flick End of Watch is consumed by found-footage gimmick it doesn’t need. The device feels forced upon the story, and is applied in such a haphazard fashion that its presence only become more of a distraction. Audiences don’t need a reason for certain camera angles; they need good characters, and End of Watch has them with great performances from lead actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña. The movie is driven by character, and while the camera-tricks vie for our attention, it’s the relationship between two beat cops that holds our interest."

I'm not a pessimist by nature, I just think that market conditions are unfavorable for EoW. Americans seem to be spending money on bigger 'event' movies like "The Avengers" and family movies. This summer nearly all smaller movies haven't met box office expectations. Of course that's not Jake's fault, that's not David Ayer's fault; the marketing campaign for EoW is - as far as I can judge it - really good. I just think that the demand for movies like EoW is rather weak. A lot of people might want to save money and wait for the Netflix release.

Don't jump the ship so soon.:)I would rather see next week's prediction than this unknown theater chain prediction.Actually this year's small movies did very well than you thought.It's big budget movies did poorly.EOW doesn't have to be a big hit,butI think it well be prfitable.

It is difficult to make a market analysis, and also give right forecasts ten days before, Box office.com give completely different numbers, and usually they are reliable.Reviews are good indeed, and it seem that the passes word is working , so, we can just wait and see I guess, fingers crossed!:)

Did you have to adapt If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet for the American audience?

I re-wrote the play to try and improve it but I didn’t rewrite it in terms of making it more US audience friendly. I changed maybe two words which I knew wouldn’t work there. There is a speech about netball and no one knows what that is America, it’s completely alien, so people were asking me if it’s like volleyball. And there was a joke about Wetherspoon’s that didn’t work at all.

How different is the American theatre system compared to the London scene you’re used to?

There are differences. The sheer number of previews is very different. In America we had three weeks of previews whereas in the UK I’m used to four nights, or six. The way the previews ran made it difficult to make changes so it was strange watching the same show five times or so before making any changes to it.

And what has working with Jake Gyllenhaal been like?

It’s funny, and, for want of a better phrase, it was like having any actor in a show. When you are in the rehearsal it’s the same process irrespective of who is there, but he’s been great and is a real creature of the stage, even though he has only done one play before this. He has got a very acute sense of whether the audience is with him or not and you could see him changing his performance each night.

UV, so much information these last days. Love the photos you've updated!

I'm with Bobbyanna, I'm really happy if the critics acknowledge the acting, of course I love when Jake's movies do well on the box office, but if it doesn´t, if he feels good about the work and so his fans that's what is important.

OT: I'm going to be induce into labor tomorrow morning cause Sofia is feeling pretty good in my belly and does not want to come out, so keep positive thinking for me. As soon as I can i will came to tell you how it went.

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Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake is the kind of guy who can do a spot-on impression of someone you work with. He plays guitar and has a great voice. Kids and dogs love him. He loves his mom and sister and girlfriend. He's perfect. Too bad he's ugly. ~ Natalie Portman